Web-manipulating mechanism.



BIO-811,121. Y PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

H. F. BEOHMAN.

WEB MANIPULATING MECHANISM.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 24, 1904;

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PATBNTED JAN. 30, 1906,

F. BEGHMAN was MANIPULATING MECHANISM.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 24; 1904.

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W1 TNESSES:

. ing neehin s-i iwhieh the web'iscontiiluelly nto the: press and eontinuouslydehv ered,

Q. isto perfectedor printe'dini colors; such";

-,\ after having pessed throughthe printingeoupleuis deflected to one side endieturned j leadsof-web through. such cou the delivery; in order-to deflect the Web; from its origin'gi lpeth to an adjacent path, de; lieetors (usually consisting of .engulerly-er- 45 1;pm'etically operating such machines greet difficulty is experienced in'keeping theleads of fthe Web inalinernent; es the'ttlternete stopping and star-ting of'the Web between-the feed ei el movement of the Webin the'idefieeton 'eeuemg imperfect registration; and Where the Be it'k-nownthet 1, Hebrew; EBEG Battlec'reek, 'ih the county: ofCalhoun and Stateeof Michigan,- haveinvented certain new Y j and useful Improvements in web-ltlani pu lstin'g Meehenis'fnmnd I herebyzdeelare that I the following gis a full, ele er, and exact descripttion thereof, referenoefbeing held to" the gie-t feoinpanying drawings, which form part of this specification, l e This; invention is an improved means or mode ofhan'dling long Webs partsv of which: haw to be intermittently stopped for operze tions' thereon; while the remaining portions '1 lot the- Webs inay b'e fed-toward and fro mthe [operating-point byeQntinuously-aeting meeh-- r snisms', such 'i'n'ocleof. operation being-usually employed in stetionairy bed reciprocatefine-cylinder Welt-printing machines, such as l r 'iiiol entgtrilystopped during-the printiiig o y In pertieuleiginyinventionrelates toma-' chi'nes'iii wh eh the se ne eb 18 feel twice" diagram of e meehme e'depite Web in accordance Wlth- '11 ATE FMQ 1.

" HENRY F. BECHMAN, OF BATTLECREEK, RIIL' HIGAN, ASSSIGNOR TO THE DUPLEX PRIN'llNG COMPANY, OF BATTLECREEK, MICHIGAN.

WEB IWANlPULATlNG WlEGHANlSWL I Sheeifieatiqn of Letters Patent.

" Patented Jan. 30, 1996.

Apylication fiieame 24, 1904. semi 1%. 209,525,

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'the Well-known duplex flat-bed w'eh-per-feett erelrolh/ While the pltrtheihgprintedis eretioii. j

past e single I printing-eoujiie, f asa' comore iinpressioiis for instance, Where af'weh presses being known in the gu t andthe weh through the same printing-eou lile, {the e lgeing side by side. 1 Heretoforein this stv olmaehinesi ileetedto one'i'sid e, with or i u hout reversing, and led backthrough the print-1ng'-c0uple to, I

srenged bars or rollers) .ere employed, and in reciproeetioi s of the cylinder; and

rollers; In faet I heve found t A :to keep the twillengths of the Web; in perfect eylind er.

supported 1-) eltioell ereted by uqvihmtmelever fifi'and cam 57.

V PIiIitiIlg-QC oiifile jeoiisists of stzitionziry bed and reelproeetixig cylinder thislziternl shift of theweb is e nhaneed by theedditional sleeking and teuten ng oi the'web caused by the ste pin bleis'further increased hy' the mi mpossible alinement by any 'knowii means" when operating ate high speed oh. en iiifel'niitt'ently shifted Web turned over angle-barsiordefiected from; one plane to another he sand delivery. :xT-hCfi prese comes thedifliculti-es he in such vmachines in it and iteonsists; briefiggf V and double-delivery and deflecting theweh betweenthe, first delivery and second feed. In other Words, instead liect' the Web inlhe .p'ee outside the press properorleads of the Web iii thepress mwelelways "inestI-eiightweb-path. a H: I

t teen thefeed iition overe :exheeienced simple manner; 51mg zifdouhle feed attempting; to (le proper delleel i1 in-that thepogjions Thei'nventi'onwill he ex'plei-ned in detail in connection with the zieeo-mpanyiim and sum-merizedm the claims:

Figurel ofthe drawiiigs is e d Mil sectional v is I have illustrated thefin'velitio 'i 11s applied to singlebedizi'nd single i* lind(. i' \vel 1-1 ress, the genera arran ement of we-h femliue', delivering-J looping, end pr'iiiting liieelm'nisrns being si hiliilf-to those of'the ell-known (he plex press,theinventioifheing useful in eon neetio with a single lied end-cylinder press or Withpresses having zt'jdhhalit v of heels, as Will be 'lfe'zidily undefined in" those with thisfeles's fore, restl'io't 111 eel i x I tflEeof-press'ot jthe!"uielfllu ndlihirjlhiehine miller n the drmynigsg 66 "e -p re nts's bed, (i :1

reciprocating eyl'indeeeozieting therelivlth 11ml aptuatedfhyh plin'u iifolj and erinilc-ivheel 67, as indicated .jiiidottedlines in l igi'l". silh- 21 22m? web guides a t e'zteh side. of the imd' delivery Causes "alternate slacking and l v i tautening of the Web, which results in; a lat- 5 endS ar web-looping rollers, wlneh are -nmvzthle bars 55, op-

the ti'ou- 19 and are fixed web-guidos coacting withlooper 5, and 23-24 are similar webguides coacting with looper 8.

The web-feeding mechanism comprises a set ofrollers 3, 31, 16, and 39 and enacting, The tapes 331 run over,

ta es 161.and 331.

ro lers 1-6'31 3, under roller 39, back to roll 16,

and occupy about half the length of said roll- The tapes 161 run over roll 16, under roller 3, around roller 39, back to roll 16, and occupy the remaining half of the length of said rolls. l

- The delivery mechanism comprises rolls 9, 91,92, and 39 and coacting tapes 99, which run from roller'91, over roller 39, around roller 92, over roll 9, back to roller 91. The ta cs 99 may alternate with the tapes 161 on :irol39.

' 12 and 14, an

The web-deflector, as shown, is composed of transverse guides 11 and 15, angle-guides longitudinal uide 13, and at proper points are stationari guides 2, 7, 10, and 17.

The bed and cylinder, the looping-rollers 5 1 coaxer-roll 7, to and over guide 21, down under cylinder 6, up over guide 22, over guide 23, down and around the looper or equalizer roller 8, up and over guide 24, over deliveryroll 9, around guide .10, up and over guide 1 1,

arou d and over an le-bar 12, then over and to the right han position to start back int the press on the around roll 13, bac over and under anglebar 14,to,over, and around roll 15. Whenthe fweb reaches roll .15, it will have been transferred from the ft hand or side of the press or drive side and is now in drive side, and therefore it ,is led from roll 15 to and over roll 16, around a portion of roll 3,

Y I, over idler-r0114, down and around guide 19,

7 up and I down and around the guide 20, thence over 1 I and around coaxer-roll 7,over guide 21, down over the looperor equalizer roll 5,

under cylinder 6, upover guide 22, to ,and over guide 23, down and-around the loopingroller 8', up over guide 24, around deli eryroll 9, out and around roll 10, up'an 'over roll 17, over to and around portion of roll 18,

which is one ofthe usual set of rolls at top of the olden-former, and the web passes from roller 18 over the former an into thefolder.

From the foregoing and he drawings it bel qbserved that the web is led twice y located webjected to intermittent movements;

through the printing-couple, that the two 65,

lengths of web in e pressfrom the feedto the deliver both lengths o delivery run or web-line, and

both leads of web between the fegdgand that in the instance "'shown as one webtdrom feed that the narrow'web right to left hand side of pressoutside; the feed and deliver mechanisms. the principal an essentially novel feature of my invention. Inother machines the web is deflected from one side to the other intermediate the, feed and 'deliverymechanisms and the printing mechanisms that is, the

I deflecting or turning mechanism is located to act on the web between the point where it is are exactly parallel, that move in a continuous; directweb travel alike'.that" is, both the lengths of narrow web in the ress. tragelj to the de very -'and" is deflected from the r I This last is Y.

fed in and the point where it is delivered and therefore the web on the deflector is sub- By my invention it will be noted the web runs continuously over the deflector, latter is located practically OUtSldGgthG press and between the points of first delivery and second infeed of the web. By this improvedmethod of handling theweb I am able tolead a narrow web a plurality of times through the machine with absolute precision, so that perfect registration is obtainable at high s eeds and with less liability of rupture of we owing to. its continuous movement over the deflector.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is-

1. In combination, a stationary type-bed, an impression-cylinder and means'for rolling the cylinder back and forth overthe bed, means for feeding a narrow web twice into the press, and means for delivering such web twice from the pre'ss,and looping devices for intermittently shifting the part ofthe web in the press between the feeding and delivering mec anisms through the printing devices; with means for guiding a narrow-width web twice throughthe press between the feeding and delivering devices; with means for deflecting the web to one side, between the poi ts where it first leaves the delivery and who eit enters the feed devices a'second time, substantially as described.

2; In combination, a stationary bed and reciprocating cylinderfor printing upon a web, and means for reciprocating the cylinder; means for continuously feeding web to said rinting means, means for delivering the web rom-sald printing means, and web-loop ing the web between said feeding and delivery mechanisms; with a web-deflector adjacent to the feeding and delivering mechanisms by which the after passing once through the and the mechanism' for intermittently shifting machine isidefieeted to one side, and again directed/to the feeding mechanism and Zthroug h'the machine in a plane parallel with 3 Inapii its first travel therethrough, substantiall described.-. i

web-printing couple comprising a stationary bed and a reciprocating impression-cylinder,

7 tently sh 5 i and" means for reciprocating the cylindenna single continuously-sewn means for feeding web into the press, a sing e means'fqr contin:

nting-press the combination of a j isni through thepifinting devices; with means directing a 'D&If1 QW-- width web twice throughv the printing-couple, and means for deflecting-the Web to one side-:after it'fu'st leaves the-press-delivery mechanismand diz o recting'it a second time" into the feeding mechanism and through the press, suhstan-t tially as described;

. In .testi ony that I claim the foregoing as Lmy oWnI affix my signature'in presence of 25 a two Witnesses.

HENRY F. BECHMAN.

' In presence of- CHAS. A. GRAMEs, FRANK DUNNING. 

